喜樂美語

核心畫面

Picture carrying something out through the door and sending it across the border — goods leaving this country and travelling to another. That 'carry out to somewhere else' is the core of export.

可以想成把東西扛出門、送過國界——貨物離開這個國家，運到別的國家去。export 的核心畫面比較像這個「往外扛、送到…更多收起可以想成把東西扛出門、送過國界——貨物離開這個國家，運到別的國家去。export 的核心畫面比較像這個「往外扛、送到別處去」的動作。

From the word’s history

From Latin exportare = ex 'out' + portare 'to carry' — literally 'to carry out'. Everything the word does today is still some version of carrying something out of here to somewhere else.

來自拉丁文 exportare，由 ex「向外」加 portare「搬運」組成，字面就是「往外搬」。今天這個字的每個用法，都還是某種「把東西從這裡搬出去、送到別處」。

etymonline.com/word/export — Latin exportare (ex 'out' + portare 'to carry')

Three branches

把貨賣到國外（本義·貿易）

最貼近「往外扛」本義的一群：真的把實體貨物運出國賣。名詞講這門生意或那件商品，動詞講這個動作。

export (sell abroad) · verb · B2

To sell and send goods to another country.

出口／外銷

把做法·觀念帶到別處（比喻）

扛出去的不再是貨物，而是一種活動、想法或做事方式——把它「運」到別的地方去落地。

export (idea/culture) · verb · B2

To bring an activity, idea, or way of doing things to another place or country.

輸出／傳播

電腦資料匯出（現代引申）

同樣是「往外送」，只是搬的是資料：把資訊從一個程式或檔案送進另一個。

export (computer file) · verb · B2

To move computer information from one program or file into another.

匯出／導出

原始詞典資料8 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

exportadj

  • 1

    Of or relating to exportation or exports.

exportnoun/ˈɛks.pɔːt/

  • 1

    Something that is exported.

    • Oil is the main export of Saudi Arabia.
  • 2

    The act of exporting.

    • The export of fish is forbidden in this country.

exportverb/ɪksˈpɔːt/

  • 1

    To carry away.

    • [They] export honour from a man, and make him a return in envy.
  • 2

    To sell (goods) to a foreign country.

    • Japan exports electronic goods throughout the world.
    • Jim is a nurseryman, specialising in clematis, and he has built up a business exporting 150 varieties to countries all over the world.
  • 3

    To cause to spread in another part of the world.

  • 4

    computingengineeringmathematicsTo send (data) from one program to another.

  • 5

    To put up (a child) for international adoption.

資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。